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This project
(which was aided by USAID) solved the main problems in the induced
spawning of Bunnei which could be summarized as follows:
1.
Finding the exact site for collecting the suitable
brooders at suitable time.
2.
Establishing the accommodations for keeping,
transporting and care for brooders.
3.
Rearing the brooders for more than two months in
earthen ponds and used them for induced spawning.
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4.
The success of induced spawning protocols under
Basrah conditions.
5.
Detecting the suitable conditions for incubation of
fertilized ova and the rearing of the first stages larvae.
6.
Rearing of the larvae to fry stage in different kind
of rearing systems such as closed system, semi closed system and
floating cages in earthen ponds.
Good numbers of Bunnei frys now reared in MSC in order to reach
fingerlings stage to be ready for releasing into the selected site
in the marshes.
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MSC-FFH plays a very important role in supporting the research
activity and high studies students about six research projects
dealing with larvae feeding, larvae rearing, pollution and sperm
preservation had been done in the department of Marine Vertebrates
in parallel with MSC-FFH activities. PhD and M.Sc. students use the
products of MSC-FFH as a research materials for their thesis, such
as the study of Mr. Hamid Khalaf in the College of Agriculture on
the Larval development.
MSC-FFH plays also an educational role, many undergraduate students
from Fisheries Dept, College of Agriculture; visit the FFH
frequently to get practical training and doing good reports on all
the activities. At the same time, a complete training course had
been done for the staff of MSC in many aspects of induced spawning
and fingerlings production.
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